Administration of Joseph R. Biden, Jr., 2022

March 1, 2022

Dear Mr. Chairman: (Dear Madam Chair:)

In accordance with section 1264 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115â91), as amended, 50 U.S.C. 1549(a), I am transmitting the annual report on the legal and policy frameworks guiding the United States' use of military force and related national security operations.

I am enclosing a copy of the unclassified report, as well as its classified annex. Sincerely,

Joseph R. Biden Jr.

NOTE: Identical letters were sent to Patrick J. Leahy, chairman, Senate Committee on Appropriations; John F. Reed, chairman, Senate Armed Services Committee; Robert Menendez, chairman, Senate Committee on Foreign Relations; Mark R. Warner, chairman, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence; Rosa L. DeLauro, chair, House Committee on Appropriations; D. Adam Smith, chairman, House Committee on Armed Services; Gregory W. Meeks, chairman, House Committee on Foreign Affairs; and Adam B. Schiff, chairman, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. An original was not available for verification of the content of this letter. An original was not available for verification of the content of this letter.

Categories: Communications to Congress : U.S. military force and national security operations, legal and policy frameworks guiding use, letter transmitting report.

Subjects: Defense and national security : U.S. military force and national security operations, legal and policy frameworks guiding use.

DCPD Number: DCPD202200122.

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